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I finished hemming the skirt, and I sewed all the hooks on the bodice. I want to try it on one more time before I sew the eyes on. I'm also waiting till I have the bodice on in order to mark the eyelets for the belt, so that will get finished tomorrow, too.
My feathers arrived in the mail today, which is good timing. I should have gotten bigger ones. 16-18" seemed big, but the 17" feathers just don't compare to the giant ones they were using at the time. Oh well - I'll make do.
I also started cutting out the pieces for the hat. I got all the silk pieces cut out, and I cut out everything I could out of buckram until I ran out. I'll have to pop into Joanns tomorrow morning before I can sew anything together - I thought I had more buckram! I should have plenty of wire, though, I hope! I think I still have some left over from when vanessa_lynne and I had our hat-making day (because I haven't touched that hat since!). This hat will have an 18" wide brim, with a 7" tall crown. I hope I got my dimensions right - I couldn't find a back view of a hat from 1831, but all the ones from the four or so years prior had really tall crowns.
I won't have all the other accessories I want by Sunday, but most of them are archery-related anyway, so that's okay.
My feathers arrived in the mail today, which is good timing. I should have gotten bigger ones. 16-18" seemed big, but the 17" feathers just don't compare to the giant ones they were using at the time. Oh well - I'll make do.
I also started cutting out the pieces for the hat. I got all the silk pieces cut out, and I cut out everything I could out of buckram until I ran out. I'll have to pop into Joanns tomorrow morning before I can sew anything together - I thought I had more buckram! I should have plenty of wire, though, I hope! I think I still have some left over from when vanessa_lynne and I had our hat-making day (because I haven't touched that hat since!). This hat will have an 18" wide brim, with a 7" tall crown. I hope I got my dimensions right - I couldn't find a back view of a hat from 1831, but all the ones from the four or so years prior had really tall crowns.
I won't have all the other accessories I want by Sunday, but most of them are archery-related anyway, so that's okay.